Warm my heart tonight and hold my head up high and help me to survive.

I think that the fact that I DIDN'T go somewhere for my senior year spring break (and my last spring break EVER :/) was somewhat of a benefit in my opinion...

One, I WAS FRONT ROW AND CENTER FOR THE MUSE CONCERT. Very possibly one of the best nights of my life. So Muse is my favorite musical group (that is still touring), and they have been for quite a long time now. When I first started getting into their music and thought about trying to get a group of people together to go to a concert, I WAS TOO LATE. Literally, Muse had been in Detroit three days before, and it was one of the best tours to date. After that, I was determined not to miss their next concert in my area. But unfortunately, Muse is a British band, so they only tour in the United States every so often. Once I found out about their most recent CD, The 2nd Law, I was adamant about checking for tour dates and ticket sale dates. Luckily, the frequent searches helped and I landed decently priced General Admission tickets for my boyfriend, one of our friends who is a HUGE Muse fan, and I. I had been waiting for spring break ever since I got the tickets back in October of last year, and it finally came! We left around noon for a 7:30pm concert at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. The wind was harsh and the temperature was bitter cold, and we were kind of unprepared for that. After about five hours and some minor frost bite, the ushers scanned our tickets and we raced to the front. And it was SO WORTH IT. The intro band was pretty decent and I could definitely see why Muse picked them as their opener (Dead Sara), so I think I might start listening to them too. Also, Muse played EVERY song that I wanted them to from all five of their albums since the early 2000s! And the best part: Muse doesn't goof around and talk to their fans and tell stories throughout the concert like a lot of other artists do. They get down to business and play the music you want to hear. I'm pretty sure they played a total of 15-17 songs over a two hour period which is one of the longest concerts I have ever been to. Money well spent! Here's some of my favorite photos from the concert and you can just SEE how close we were to Matt Bellamy and Chris Wolstenholme! :D

They aren't the BEST quality photos because I didn't want to bring my good camera since we were in GA, but they're still good enough for me! :)

Second reason its better that I didn't go anywhere for spring break: I have two papers to write... but I'm actively trying to avoid thinking about it for now!

I hope everyone else is having a SMART and SAFE spring break!